how to get a pc time

[hemashiki]

hi all
i want to get current pc(personal computer) time using php
can anyone suggest me

[Weisbartb]

[PHP]
<?php
echo echo date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');
?>
[/php]
You can read more about the date function here
http://www.php.net/date

[hemashiki]

thanks for ur quick reply

here i used like this date('Y-m-d h:i:s A') as well as date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A')
but both doesn't shows the current pc time
is there anyother way to get pc time??????????

[Weisbartb]

Do you want the users current pc time? If so thats a javascript script question.

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_obj_date.asp
That link should tell you how to use the date object thats built in.

[hemashiki]

s,i want users pc time

cant we get this feature in php?????????

[hemashiki]

hi
here i used like this
$a='<script type="text/javascript"> document.write(Date()) </script>';
echo "$a";
now its working.
but i want to store this variable into mysql database.
In what data type????should i store in database???????

[Weisbartb]

You would need to auto populate a forum with the date object then have it auto submit on page load. Please see the javascript form for additional help on this.

[gregerly]

hi
here i used like this
$a='<script type="text/javascript"> document.write(Date()) </script>';
echo "$a";
now its working.
but i want to store this variable into mysql database.
In what data type????should i store in database???????

Hi Hemashiki,

You haven't given us much info to go on. You said you wanted to store the users current time in the database, then ask if you should. That all depends on what your application is supposed to do. Are you requirements that your database store the users current time? If so, then yes you should store it. MySQL has a few different date / time datatypes. Check This Out

You could expand the above code by doing this:

[PHP]$a='<script type="text/javascript"> document.write(Date()) </script>';
$sql = "INSERT INTO myTable VALUES ('$a');";
$result=mysql_query($sql);[/PHP]

You wouldn't need to auto populate and form fields or auto submit anything, just handle it all on the server and you'll be good to go.

If this doesn't answer your question, post more info on what your app is supposed to do, and we can probably help you out.

Thanks,

Greg

[pitchke]

hey hi....!try printing this ' ".date('y-m-d h:m:s')."' this should give you current system time



Cheers..
Tarun

[kovik]

hey hi....!try printing this ' ".date('y-m-d h:m:s')."' this should give you current system time

No it won't. We went over that already. This gives the server time, not the user's.


Anyway, there is really no reason to have the user's time. Hell, it's probably the wrong time anyway. :P
You should only need to use your server's time (and make sure your host keeps their server time correct).

[judhisahoo]

Hi hemashiki,

thanks...

$a='<script type="text/javascript"> document.write(Date()) </script>';

Greate..It work like a charm..